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Small reptile (?) plate


Norholt

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I came across this for sale, not a fossil vendor so no information on it.  Looks to be about 10cm across.  I can make our scales, eye sockets, faint limbs - almost like a little Lizard / Thorny Devil.  Any thoughts?

 

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Probably Osteolepis macrolepidotes (Agassiz). A lobe-finned fish from the Devonian of Scotland.

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1 hour ago, oilshale said:

Probably Osteolepis macrolepidotes (Agassiz). A lobe-finned fish from the Devonian of Scotland.

Species, age and region??  You guys are good!

 

I was so sure that was a leg in the top right :)

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1 hour ago, Norholt said:

I was so sure that was a leg in the top right :)

 

 

More likely a disarticulated piece of the skull - perhaps the lower left jaw.

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